Kaboutjie SA Mommy Blogs by Lynne Huysamen
The arrival of a new baby brings along many changes in the life of the parents. One way to get ready for impending parenthood is to create a baby registry. It provides you an opportunity to choose the baby products or items that you will require after your little one comes into the world. There are several advantages of creating a baby registry. Outlined below are some of the key benefits.
Guide your friends and family towards what you really want
Regardless of whether you build a baby registry or not, your family members and friends will be eager to get you something for your baby. If you don’t have a registry, it is quite possible that you will end up with ten baby blankets, fifteen pairs of cute shoes, and other such stuff. The result is that you will be left with a lot of repeated products while you will miss the essential items like bottles, diapers, bibs and burp cloths. By sharing your registry with your friends and family, you can guide them towards what you actually need and want for your baby.
Enable friends and family from anywhere to purchase a gift for your baby
If you have friends and family living in various parts of the country or outside it, a baby registry can be a real help for them. All you need to do is sign up for a baby registry site that enables things to be purchased from any place in the world and get them delivered straight to your home. For instance, if you sign up for Amazon baby registry, friends and family from all over the world will be able to send you gifts without any effort.
Keep track of the things purchased for your baby
Having a baby registry makes it quite simple to keep track of the things that your family and friends are buying for your baby. Even if you are yet to receive the products, you will have knowledge about them. This enables you to plan and buy anything that you may really wish to have for your baby but hasn’t been purchased by anyone for you.
Return or exchange your registry items with ease
It is quite possible that you will receive some baby items that you would like to return or exchange for something else. If you have a registry, you do not have to bother about the receipts of the products in order to return or exchange them. Even if your guests forget to include a gift receipt, most stores will allow your registry items to be returned or exchanged easily.
Get incentives and discounts on your list
You can avail great incentives and discounts by creating your baby registry. Some stores offer incentives to create a baby registry. You get store credit on each item purchased off your list. Then there are others who provide completion discount on the products left on your list after your event date. Such incentives and discounts often range from 10% to 15%.
There are quite a few people that I know off, that if are invited for a Baby shower and are issued with a Registry they won’t attend.
Purely because some of them are such cheapskates and the other cause they won’t be close enough to the person to out and spend lavishly.
I have been to two Baby showers that had a registry and a handful of the people purchased from there, the rest purchased whatever they felt like despite being aware of the registry.
I would rather send a registry to immediate family and friends rather than all members attending the baby shower.
There definitely is perks but there also is a negative side to it, the last you want is the mom being side lined and feeling out of place on her big day.
Just a taught from my personal experience.